Join The Grid::Blog::Via Crucis 2007

From .MadMark.

Last year, more than 50 bloggers around the globe came together to share their reflections in a grid blog called Via Crucis during the week often called HOLY WEEK and in the week after EASTER.  The name for this rag-tag effort comes from the Latin words for the Way of the Cross - Via Crucis.  The response was astounding to this experiment in distributed global media, which was designed to draw on the creativity, diversity, and theological understanding of the  blogging community to a moment in the story of folks practicing faith.

With the beginning of Holy Week (Palm Sunday – April 1) just 2 weeks away, I am hoping you might join the [Grid::Blog::Via Crucis 2007].  A calendar for this year's grid blog is below.

Ashley Benigno introduced the concept of a grid blog which is really quite simple:

during a period of time (from April 1 – May 27), folks would post their own reflection on their own blogs (including media of any type)
and include

(a) [Grid::Blog::Via Crucis 2007] in their subject line and in their post
(b) include links to other gridblog for that day or station   

We'd love to have you join this effort by:

Signing Up! use your voice by posting on your blog reflections .  You can choose the Day & the Station (see the calendar below) you will blog on – feel free to commit to more than 1.  You can sign up by adding yourself below in the comments here  - please make sure you include your email and blog url in your comment, along with the Day(s) and Station(s) you'll be blogging on.

Naming It! For consistency sake, please title your post (s): [Grid::Blog::Via Crucis 2007]<then add your subtitle here>

Sending It! By sending your link(s) during this window of time to me.

Passing it on! Send this to at least 5 blogging pals and/or post the invite on your blog.

GRID BLOG CALENDAR

April 1 Palm Sunday

Holy Week Stations (Phillipine version)
April 2
   1. Jesus institutes the Eucharist
   2. Jesus prays in Gethsemani
April 3
   3. Jesus before the Sanhedrin
   4. Jesus is scourged and crowned with thorns
April 4
   5. Jesus carries the cross to Calvary
   6. Jesus falls under the weight of the cross
April 5
   7. Jesus is helped by Simon of Cyrene
   8. Jesus meets the pious women of Jerusalem
April 6
   9. Jesus is nailed on the cross
  10. Jesus promises Heaven to the repentant thief
  11. Jesus entrusts Mary and John to each other
  12. Jesus dies on the cross
April 7
  13. Jesus is laid the tomb

Stations of the Resurrection
April 8 Easter Sunday
1. the discovery of the empty tomb john 20:1-10
April 15
2. the angel speaks to the women luke 24:4-8
April 22
3. christ appears to the his mother mary
4. christ appears to mary magdalene john 20:11-18
April 29
5. the denial of the resurrection matthew 28:11-15
6. the road to emmaus luke 24:13-35
May 6
7. christ appears to the disciples john 20:19-21a
8. christ appears to thomas john 20:24-29
May 13
9. the appearance on the shore of galilee john 21:1-14
10. the questions to peter john 21:15-19
May 20
11. the appearance on the mountain matthew 28:16-20
12. the revelation to st paul acts 9:3-9
13. the ascension acts 1:6-11
May 27
14. pentecost acts 2:1-11

Comments

[paul over at soupablog]

count me in!

[paul over at soupablog]

clarification: i hope to blog daily, so: all of the stations; i'll be doing a visual (non-discursive) reflection on each station and pericope. peace!

[Claudia Mair Burney]

Sounds amazing! Can't wait. Thanks for the invite, Bob.

[Kester]

I'll do April 2nd.

Thanks. Look forward to it.

[Christy]

I'll do each of the stations of the resurrection, which may be overly ambitious - but it will be a good theme for me these days, and I haven't cracked open a Bible in months, so that won't hurt either.

Thanks for the invite.

[Keith Seckel]

Hi Bob -- thanks for the invite, and count me in!

I'll do April 6th -- but I'll need to blog it one day late. My wife & I will be facilitating an experiential Stations of the Cross on the evening of Good Friday, so I'll post about it the next day on Easter Eve...

~ Keith

[bowie]

Hi Bob - sign me up for Thursday, April 5th, to post on Jesus Consoling the Daughters of Jerusalem. Thanks! Bowie

[anj]

hey Bob- I will do April 4, station 6, April 15, Station 2, and May 27, Pentecost. Thanks for organizing this again, I am looking forward to the stations of the resurrection as I have never experienced them before.

[Len]

Thanks Bob,
I've been looking for a devotional for Lent, I'll be reading and reflecting.
thanks again.
Len

[Sarcastic Lutheran]

I'm in. I'll do April 6th, station #9, April 22nd (my birthday!) station #4 (I have a tattoo of this scene), and May 27th.

[Brother Maynard]

I'll do Station #1 & #2 on Monday April 2nd to help kick off. I'm hoping to add in another one or two along the way - will leave another comment if I can be any more definite in advance ;^)

I'm looking forward to following along.

[Julie Clawson]

Count me in.

Over at http://julieclawson.blogspot.com, I'll write on
April 1 - Palm Sunday
April 2 - Station 1
April 6 - Station 12
April 8 - Station 1
May 13 - station 9

Thanks for doing this.

[Mike Clawson]

I'll do today, April 1, Palm Sunday. My blog is http://emergingpensees.blogspot.com

-Mike Clawson

[sonja]

I'll take stations 10 and 14 ... since I'm coming to this conversation late ;-) I'll pick up the later end of it. I'll probably draw out the links between Pentecost and Shavuot ... hope that's okay?

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